---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001721868-21-000417"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "NWPP"
cik: "0001163389"
company_name: "NEW PEOPLES BANKSHARES INC"
filed_at: "2021-07-15T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-30T05:00:07.793030+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# New Peoples Bankshares appoints Christopher G. Speaks as EVP, CFO effective Aug 16

## Summary
- Speaks appointed EVP, CFO & Treasurer effective August 16, 2021; John J. Boczar transitions to CAO & Secretary.
- Speaks previously served as CFO of FNS Bancshares until its acquisition by BancorpSouth in April 2021.
- 23 years in financial services; base salary $200,000; eligible for senior executive compensation and benefit plans.
- No family relationships between Speaks and any director or executive officer of the company or bank.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001721868-21-000417
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: NWPP
- cik: 0001163389
- company_name: NEW PEOPLES BANKSHARES INC
- filed_at: 2021-07-15T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1163389/000172186821000417/0001721868-21-000417-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1163389/000172186821000417/f2snwpp8k071521.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001721868-21-000417
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001721868-21-000417.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001721868-21-000417.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Christopher G. Speaks was appointed as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at NEW PEOPLES BANKSHARES INC.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer
  source text: On July 12, 2021, New Peoples Bankshares, Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Christopher G. Speaks as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary, New Peoples Bank (the “Bank”).
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1163389/000172186821000417/0001721868-21-000417-index.htm
- Executive change
  John J. Boczar changed role as Chief Accounting Officer and Secretary at NEW PEOPLES BANKSHARES INC.
  - Action: transitioning
  - Role: Chief Accounting Officer and Secretary
  source text: Mr. Speaks’s appointment will be effective August 16, 2021, following the Company’s filing of its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2021, at which time John J. Boczar will be transitioning to Chief Accounting Officer and Secretary of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1163389/000172186821000417/0001721868-21-000417-index.htm

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